The Hindu (Erode)

INDIA bloc is ‘communal, casteist and nepotistic’: PM

The ‘Khan Market gang’ supports giving away all the resources of the country to Muslims ‚rst and is telling people to protest against him for ‘communal politics’, says Modi at a rally in West Delhi

- Satvika Mahajan

Addressing a rally in West Delhi’s Dwarka on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an onslaught on the Congress and the INDIA bloc. He said, “Everyone from the INDIA bloc have three things in common — they are all communal, casteist, and nepotistic.”

The Prime Minister asked the people if they would like the BJP government to come back to power or the INDIA bloc to form government. “You can decide which government should be formed through assessing this — whether you want ‘nation ˆrst’ or ‘family ˆrst’.”

“This INDIA alliance is a symbol of every evil spread across the country,” Mr. Modi added.

Continuing his attack on the Congress, the leader recalled the 1984 Sikh riots in the West Delhi constituen­cy which is dominated by the Sikh population. He said, “Modi formed the SIT to look into the anti-Sikh riots.”

He further blamed the 60-year rule of the Congress in India for slow developmen­t, comparing statistics of the BJP and the Congress government­s.

“Can you imagine, the Congress used to develop 12 km of highways per day; the Modi government is developing 30 km per day. The Congress was able to develop just 70 airports in 60 years. Modi, in 10 years, made 70 new airports. The Congress was able to develop 360 medical colleges but Modi made over 325 medical colleges in 10 years. In the Congress era, there were seven AIIMSs, today there are more than 22. Under Congress rule, more than 75% people did not have tap water connection­s. Today, 75% people get tap water at home. The

Congress provided less than 14 crore gas connection­s, while Modi, in 10 years, gave more than 18 crore gas connection­s,” the Prime Minister said.

Mr. Modi said, “The Congress destroyed India’s defence industry; today we are executing defence production of more than ₹1 lakh crore.”

Tackling allegation­s of inciting Hindu-Muslim communalis­m, Mr. Modi said, “The Khan Market gang is telling people every time Modi speaks about Muslims, protest against him by saying Modi is doing communalis­m between Hindu-Muslims.”

Attacking the Congress and the INDIA bloc, he said, “In order to please their vote banks, they stole the rights of our SC/ST brothers and sisters. They stole the rights of Dalits and Adivasis just to appease their vote bank”.

He further said, “For the vote bank of the Muslims, they gave fake certiˆcates of OBC status to Muslims. The Khan Market gang supports giving away all the resources of this country to Muslims ˆrst. They protested CAA to make their vote banks happy. They allowed outsiders in the country to make their vote bank happy”.

‘Looted Delhi’ Reminding voters of the commonweal­th game scams, Mr. Modi said, “Who can forget the scams of the Commonweal­th era by Congress. They looted Delhi so much. It was the Congress model. The BJP model is that of developmen­t. And now, in Delhi, there was the G-20 summit, which the entire world celebrated”.

“All this happened because the BJP’s Vikas model is committed to nation ˆrst. Two words will decide your vote, either our ‘nation ˆrst’ or their ‘family ˆrst’,” he said.

 ?? SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR ?? Hitting out: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election campaign in New Delhi on Wednesday.
SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Hitting out: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election campaign in New Delhi on Wednesday.

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